Kamala Harris shared a video on her official X account, showing an interaction with what appears to be a supporter at a campaign stop in Georgia where she recounts an anecdote of washing collard greens in a bath tub ahead of a Christmas party.
The video was posted with the caption, “The secret ingredient to my collard greens? Tobasco.”
“I have a friend who had a Christmas Party Christmas Eve every year, and she asked me to make the greens for her party every year. And I am not lying to you, that I would make so many greens, that I’d need to wash them in the bathtub. I’m telling you the truth.”
X users immediately began scrutinizing the video, and many suspected it was a thinly veiled attempt to pander to black voters, as collard greens are associated with southern culture and black culture, and Harris needs to make up ground with both demographics.
Many also questioned her claims of preparing greens in a bath tub, as it’s an unsanitary practice and many found it difficult to believe.
Following her disastrous and highly anticipated first interview, some speculated that the campaign was desperate for positive coverage, and trying to recreate the highly popularized clip of her discussing a recipe in between filming.
Others doubted the authenticity of the video, and thought the interaction might have been staged, saying the voter’s questions and reactions didn’t seem natural and the dialogue felt forced.
Last month, her campaign was caught posting staged videos at Sheetz — the gas station chain popular with Pennsylvania voters. While the video was clearly supposed to depict a “candid” moment, they posted two different versions of their search for Doritos, revealing that there was nothing candid about it.
This wouldn’t be the first time a Democratic candidate has been accused of using stereotypically black food to appeal to voters.
In the 2016 presidential race, in an interview on the Breakfast Club (a popular radio show with a primarily black audience), one host asked her, “What’s something you always carry with you?”
Clinton replied, “Hot sauce.”
This was following the release of Beyonce’s “Formation” — a song widely received as a celebration of black American culture. One of the most popular lyrics was, “I got a hot sauce in my bag, swag.”
Another interviewer asked, “Are you getting in formation right now?” After laughing, he added, “I just want you to know people are going to watch this and say she’s pandering to black people.”
She replied, “Okay. Is it working?”
Over the weekend, Harris was also accused of changing her accent to pander to black voters in Detroit while speaking in her normal voice at a rally in Pittsburg just hours apart.
The Trump campaign has criticized Kamala Harris for trying to capitalize on her black heritage, claiming that she was primarily raised as an Indian American.
Between Biden, Harris, and Walz, who tells the most lies? I really believe ALL DemocRAT politicians lie, LIE, LIE!!